Counting Characters in a String with Java

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I need java to read a string and count how many characters are in it. I know there's some class that can do this. What is it?
 

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"Read a string?" From standard input?

Use e.g.

String s = System.in.readLine();
int n = s.length();

- Warren
 
Thanks a lot.
 

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